Λάρισαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Λάρισαι, πόλεις ιʹ. Θεσσαλίας, ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρῳάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος “τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα”. πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα, καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ. ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Λαρισαῖος καὶ Λαρισεὺς Ζεύς. Στράβων δὲ κώμην φησὶν Ἐφέσου, ἐν ᾗ Ἀπόλλων Λαρισηνός. * * * *

Larisai: ten cities. (1) The first is in Pelasgia, Tessaly, Tettale, Tettaliotes / Thessaliote (variant spelling), Tettalis / Thessalian (fem.), ...+7 more">Thessaly, near the Peneios, and was founded by Akrisios. (2) The second is Kremaste, called Pelasgia by some. (3) The third is a locality on Ossa. (4) The fourth is in the Troad, which Homer mentions: ‘those who inhabited fertile Larisa’. (5) The fifth is in Aiolis, near Kyme the Phrikonian. (6) The sixth is in Syria; the Syrians call it Sizara. (7) The seventh is in Lydia. (8) The eighth is in Thessaly, near Macedonia. (9) The ninth is in Crete. (10) The tenth Larisa is in Attica. The acropolis of Argos is also called Larisa. A citizen is a ‘Larisaios’, and Zeus is Lariseus. Strabo mentions a village in the territory of Ephesos where Apollo is Larisenos.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#45
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 412.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-25
Word count	81
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · Β 841
Στράβων (Strabo)	Geographica · 13,3,2 [C 620,27]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λάρισσα	Larissa · place · corrected · Q178405
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Πηνειός	Peneius (river) · place · corrected · Q1233866
Ἀκρίσιος	Acrisius · person · corrected · Q208017
Κρεμαστή	Kremaste · place · corrected · Q11931175
Πελασγία	Pelasgia · place
Ὄσσα	Ossa (mountain) · place · corrected · Q1471677
Τρωάς	Troad · place
Αἰολίς	Aeolis · place · corrected · Q255325
Κύμη	Cyme · place · corrected · Q679305
Φρικωνίδα	Friconida · place
Συρία	Syria · place · corrected · Q13415123
Σύροι	Syrians · people
Σίζαρα	Sizara · place · corrected · Q11931176
Λυδία	Lydia · place · corrected · Q620765
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Ἀττική	Attica · place · corrected · Q122443
Ἄργος	Argos · place · corrected · Q13533353
Λαρισσαῖος	Larissaian (demonym) · people
Λαρισσεύς	Larisseus (demonym) · people
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ἔφεσος	Ephesus · place · corrected · Q47611
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Λαρισσηνός	Larissenos (epithet) · deity
Larissa in Thessaly by the Peneios	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · unresolved
Larissa Kremaste / Pelasgia	place · city · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
Larissa in Ossa	place · settlement · Ossa · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in the Troad	place · city · Troad · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Aiolis near Kyme	place · city · Aiolis · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Syria (Sizara)	place · city · Syria · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Lydia	place · city · Lydia · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Thessaly near Macedonia	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Crete	place · city · Crete · explicit · unresolved
Larissa in Attica	place · city · Attica · explicit · unresolved
Acropolis of Argos called Larissa	place · acropolis · Argos · explicit · unresolved
Village of Ephesos called Larissa	place · village · Ephesos · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	which Acrisius built.
Unclear Metalinguistic	the Cremaste; by some (it is called) Pelasgia.
Borrowing Non Greek	of Syria, which the Syrians call 'Sizar(a)'.
Place Transfer	near Cyme (in Aeolis), (called) the Phryconida.
Morphological Composition	the citizen (demonym) Larissaîos; Zeus Larisseus; Apollo Larissenos (epithets derived from the place name).

Links

Place links	Larissa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1084.jpg, e9783110219630_i1088.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 11 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἀκτή ἡ gloss:debf8cab78f25544	headland, point Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τόνος ὁ gloss:06fca58898cc9623	stress (oxytone if + ὀξύς; barytone if + βαρύς) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.267

char LCS 169 (41.8%) · word LCS 31 (38.8%)

Stephanos

Λάρισαι, πόλεις ιʹ. Θεσσαλίας, ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρῳάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος “τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα”. πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα, καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ. ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Λαρισαῖος καὶ Λαρισεὺς Ζεύς. Στράβων δὲ κώμην φησὶν Ἐφέσου, ἐν ᾗ Ἀπόλλων Λαρισηνός. * * * *

Herodian

… πόλις Καρμανίας. Λάρισα πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρωάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος »τῶν οἱ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα« (Β 841). πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ, ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. Ἔμισα πόλις Φοινίκης Λιβανουσίας. Κρίμισα πόλις Ἰταλίας πλησίον Κρότωνος καὶ Θουρίου. Λυκόφρων (v. 913). ἀπὸ Κριμίσης νύμφης. σάρισα εἶδος ἀκοντίου μικροῦ. Ἄμισα πόλις Γερμανίας. Ὄδρυσα πόλις Ὀδρυσῶν, ἣ καὶ Ὀδρυσία λέγ…